Murieston United 99's Blue

Team contacts:

Secretary: Neil Smith 07523-492609 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Coach: Graham Gibson 07747-003857 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Child Protection Officer: Colin Brown 07717-416215 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


We are looking for new players
Anyone interested in joining our team should contact the coach (contact details above).

Kit
If anyone has any queries regarding which kit they should be wearing, please contact Neil or Graham.

About us
Our aim for this group of boys is very much aligned to the Murieston way. We want our boys to have fun and learn football skills so that they stay in the game when they are older and do not become lost to football. To this end, we aim to make being part of 1999 Blues a life-experience. We organise a lot of events and trips for the boys to encourage team-bonding and give them a balance in their football experience. We also have nights out for the parents too.

Take a look at some of the recent events recorded below.

Forthcoming games
Our first league game of the season is Saturday 6 March at home to Celtic in the Community.  Boys should wear their home strip.  We are scheduled to play on grass with a 10:00 kick-off.  In the event that the grass pitches are called off, we may be switched to the astroturf with a 09:30 kick-off. 

Please assume the match is a 10:00 kick-off unless you hear otherwise, and boys should meet at the pavilion at 09:15 (we will meet at 08:45 if the match is switched).  We will let you know on Firday evening if the match is switched.

Please make sure that your boy has the correct footwear for both pitches. 

Training Night Change
As of Friday 26th February, we will have an additional training night each week.  This will focus on match preparation and will be from 17:30 - 19:00.  The training will take place on the brand new 3G astro-turf facility immediately behind the pavilion (small astro-turf and former tennis courts).

Diary
6th -    First league game of the season.
22nd - Parents meeting regarding Preston trip @ 17:15 in the hall at Deans (seated area).

March

26 - Quiz night for all Murieston teams. Please contact Neil or Graham in order that we can co-ordinate anyone wishing to attend and organise a team for the event.

April
2nd - 5th Preston M&L Easter Cup
12th - Monday night training resumes outdoors at Murieston playing fields
June
5 & 6   -  Murieston soccer sevens festival.  We will require parents to volunteer for both days of the festival.  The 1999 age group plays on the Sunday.

12 June -   25th anniversary ball at Almondvale stadium.  see main page of website http://www.mucfc.co.uk/.  Contact Neil or Graham if you wish to purchase tickets and support our club.
TBC - Murieston Soccer Sevens festival
August
Beat the goalie sponsorship event (date tbc)


Recent Events:
Presentation Evening November 2009
We enjoyed a great presentation day on Sunday 29 November at Deer Park. The boys and families played 10 pin bowling followed by lunch and a wonderful presentation. Many thanks to Cameron MacDonald from Livingston FC who presented all the awards on the day. It is great for the boys to see a young, local talent making good progress in the game.

The main awards were:

Player of The Year                      Connel Gibson
Players' Player of The Year      Cameron Donaldson
Most Improved Player               Rhys Stuart
Team Person                                 Cameron Smith


Christmas Trip 2009
The boys had a fantastic time on their Christmas trip this year.

We travelled by train to Newcastle where we were given a private tour of St James' Park by Sue. We then hot-footed it across to Sunderland to watch the Sunderland V Arsenal game before heading home on the train.

The boys (and accompanying officials) had a great time, singing our way along and competing with the Arsenal and Sunderland fans, and amusing our fellow train passengers with renditions of our own football songs and good humour.

A couple of photos from the trip are below.




2 April - 5 April 2010 - Preston M&L Easter Cup
We are planning to attend the Preston Festival over the Easter weekend in 2010. On this occasion we will be travelling as a squad unit (just players and officials) and will not be arranging any travel or accomodation for family members. Families are very welcome to make their own arrangements to attend games during the festival.


Craig Tara Festival April 2009
Our second visit to the festival at Ayr was a great success. The boys (and parents) thoroughly enjoyed themselves. It's great to see the boys gelling as a team and unit. The behaviour of our boys throughout the whole weekend was absolutely fantastic - they were a great credit to themselves, their parents and the club, wearing and representing the Murieston badge with pride.

Pictures of the event are at the foot of the page.

Squad Picture




May Festival 2009

On our first day at the festival, everyone in our team (parents and siblings included) had to wear a hair band (ala Fernando Torres) for a bit of fun. The style is modelled below (third photo) by our hippy throwback supporter.

Our three primary contacts are pictured below in their guise as the 'three UNwise monkeys'!